{"id":7325,"date":"2018-12-03T08:29:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T07:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/?p=7325"},"modified":"2018-12-03T10:03:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T09:03:38","slug":"eucaliva-a-project-to-reuse-waste-from-the-paper-industry-reuse-waste-from-the-paper-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/eucaliva-a-project-to-reuse-waste-from-the-paper-industry-reuse-waste-from-the-paper-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"EUCALIVA: A Project to Reuse Waste From the Paper Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Horizon 2020 EUCALIVA\u00a0aims at developing a fully-integrated, energy-efficient, scalable, innovative processing chain based on the valorisation of Lignin\u00a0from paper industry. The aim is to produce Carbon fibres and other carbon-based materials, mainly for functional applications.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The use of waste components from industrial activities as raw materials to obtain high value-added products is worth being investigated as a sustainable process. Lignin obtained from pulping processes is present all over Europe and represents a big source of underexploited material.<\/p>\n

As bio-based\u00a0technologies are less competitive than other industrial (far more polluting) sources, there is the need to\u00a0further develop and optimize cost-effective and resource-efficient innovative processes. For this reason, key players, with clear focus on industrial solutions, are working\u00a0together to validate scaling-up solutions to\u00a0convert waste components from paper\u00a0industry\u00a0into innovative value-added products, targeting specific niche markets applications like\u00a0stretchable electronics.<\/p>\n

\"lignin-valorisation-cycle\"<\/a>EUCALIVA<\/strong> (EUCAlyptus LIgnin VAlorisation for Advanced Materials and Carbon Fibres)\u00a0<\/strong>aspires to create a valorisation chain of the lignin fraction, using Eucalyptus globulus <\/em>waste as a source. By creating an \u201cIndustrial success case\u201d, the novel integral solution developed within the project with the aim of\u00a0fully valorizing bio-resources at local level will\u00a0be then replicated at local\/national level by other industrial partners interested in the technology and\/or the\u00a0end products.<\/p>\n

EUCALIVA is\u00a0therefore a research project based on extracting high-purity soluble Lignin from chemical wood pulping processes (black liquors from Kraft pulping) to convert it into fibres and other forms\u00a0through different valorisation routes. In the end, it will be possible to achieve a cost-efficient alternative to today\u2019s petroleum-based carbon raw materials.<\/p>\n

New applications will be reached: multifunctional film-like conductives, piezo-resistive and piezoelectric materials (e.g., for biosensors, flexible electrodes, stretchable electronics, etc.), smart fabrics and functional fibres, as well as applications based on fibrous mats, non-woven fabrics and their carbonized derivatives (carbon-activated products).<\/p>\n

Furthermore,\u00a0along with demonstrating the viability of the processing of Lignin into Carbon fibres and other carbon-based materials, the aim of the project is\u00a0to create new business opportunities and jobs in the pulp and paper industry. In the end, Life Cycle and Cost Analyses will be performed to assess the economic, environmental and social sustainability of the developed products and the related processing routes\u00a0as well as to identify a strategy for market replication.<\/p>\n

The expected results can be summarized as follows:<\/p>\n

-the reduction of industrial side-streams routed to disposal as waste, demonstrable operational and energy cost savings;<\/p>\n

-the introduction of “Lignin-to-(bio)-product” concepts at a semi-commercial scale;<\/p>\n

-the delivery of anew validated building block based on biomass of European origin.<\/p>\n

About EUCALIVA<\/strong><\/p>\n

EUCALIVA was selected among different proposals in the EU funded H2020 BBI JTI 2016 call for projects on \u201cValorisation of lignin and other side-streams to increase efficiency of biorefineries and increase sustainability of the whole value chain\u201d. This project has a duration of 42 months and it received funding from the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. The consortium is composed by six partners from four different countries. Among them, four partners are SMEs (Small and medium-sized enterprises): Contactica S.L. (project coordinator) (Spain), Envirohemp S.L. (Spain), Grado Zero Innovation S.r.l. (Italy), Biosensor S.r.l. (Italy); and two partners are RTD (Research and Innovation):\u00a0 S\u00e4chsisches Textil Forschungs Institut e.V. (Germany) and Tampere University of Technology (TUT) (Finland).<\/p>\n

For more information:\u00a0 EUCALIVA Project Manager Nuria Vald\u00e9s – nuria.valdes@contactica.es<\/p>\n

Text provided by\u00a0Nuria Vald\u00e9s and Belen Arnaiz.<\/em><\/p>\n

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